Hat-pin retainer.



J. BOLAND.

' HAT PIN RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.25, 1912.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Q/Vi/h wooeo APH co.. WASHINGT JOHN ornnn, or CULEBRA, CANAL zonn.

HAT lIN RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oer. 14,1913.

Application filed November 2 5 1912. Serial No. 733,451.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jo nn BioLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Culebra, Canal Zone, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Retainers; and I do declare the following to be. a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled the art to which it app-ertai ns to. make, and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hat pin retainers.

One obj ect of the invention is to proyide a hat pin retainer adapted to be adjustabily secured to a hat pin and to be engaged with the crown of a hat whereby the pin is se. cu'r-elyheld against casual removal from the hat but may be readily removed therefrom when desired.

lrV-ith this and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel teatures of construction, and the combination and j :gageinent wlth the hat crown and; to l mit the inward movement of the pin when the 2 point has. been promoted a sugthcient distance tor engaging the strip 5,1 provide a pin rearrangement oi parts as will be more par-. ticularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings 1 Figure, l is a vertical cross sectional view through a hat showingthe application of the in-. venti o-n; Fig. '2 isan enlarged horizontalsection through a portion o-fi one side of the hat crown and through the pin receiving: lnein ber therein, showing a portion of the pin inserted therethrough and the pin re-. tainer in engagement therewith and with the pin; Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional View through a part of the hat crown and: thep'i-n receivingmember, showing a portion of the pin engaged therewith, and a side view of the pin retainer applied: to. the pin and in engagement with the pin receiving; member; Fig. l is a view of the opposite: side of the pinand retains from that shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 isa side View of the retainer similar to that shown in Fig. 31 and illustrating the position of the pin, grippingmembers-of the retainer when the pin is disengaged there-from; Fig. 6 is a cross sectional View of the retainer taken on the line 66- of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes the hat to which my 511111 proved pin receiving and retaining mechanism is applied. At a suitable position in one sideof the crown of a hat is formed an opening with which is engaged an, eyelet 2 which is preferably formed ofmetal hav-.

the drawings.

. form a stop shoulder 13'. shoulder 13 the end of the wire 15 extended ing on its outer end a retaining flange 3 and on its inner end a clenching flange i which is formed by slittingand upsetting 1 the inner end of the rivet against the inner side oii thehatv crown as clearly shown in Secured in any suitable manner to the inner side of the hat crown opposite to or in line with the eyelet 2 is a a strip. or piece 5 of cork or other; suitable material which is adapted to receive the point of the pin when the latter is projected through the eyelet and through the hair i on the head of the person wearing the hat. By providing the eyeletv 2 and the pin receiving strip. 5 itw-ill be seen that the necessity 0t puncturing the crown of the hat each time the pin is applied thereto is obviated as. the pin may be readily inserted through the eyelet and the point of the pin engaged with the strip 5 as will be readily f understood.

In order to positively hold the pin in entaining member '6; which, is preferably formed trom a single piece of spring wire of suitable size and which, at a suitable I position near one end is bent to form a pin receiving coil 7,. The end of the wire at the inner-end of the coil is bent back alongside of and at a suitable angle from the coil 7 and is then bent 1nw=ardly near the outer end of the coil to form a stop shoulder 8 after which this end of the wire is again bent ontwardily at substantlally right angles to :the shoulder 8, and has its extremity bent 1Ilt0. the form of an eye 9- which provides a handle for this end of the wire.

Theend of the wire at the outer end of the cell is. bent at right angles to the coil to formv a laterally projecting stop loop 10 after which the wire is. again bent inwardly alongside of the coil and; to a slight distance ibeyond the inner end spring arm 11 at the innerend of which the thereof to form a wire is bent to form two or more pin engaging. coils 12. After'forming the coils 12 the -wire is bent back to. term a spring arm 11 corresponding to the spring arm 11 and, at .a point opposite: the stop shoulder 8 in the said arm '11, the wire is bent inwardly to After forming the outwardly and has formed on its outer end an eye 1 1 which provides a handle for this end of the wire corresponding to the handle 9 on the opposite end thereof.

It will be noted that the stop shoulders 8 and 13 in the ends of the wire are disposed a short distance inwardly from the laterally projecting stop loop 10 whereby when the retainer is projected through the eye 2 in the hat crown the shoulders 8 and 13 will engage the inner side of the eye, while the stop loop 10 will engage the outer side thereof, thus locking the retainer in the eyelet or preventing any lateral movement of the retainer after the same has been engaged with the eyelet. In thus engaging the retainer with'the eyelet the handles 9 and 1 1- are gripped and drawn together thus retracting the shoulders 8 and 13 and the spring wire arms on which they are formed, so that the inner portion of the retainer may be readily projected through the eyelet until the stop loop 10 comes into engagement with the outer side of the eyelet after which the handles 9 and 1d are released and the shoulders 8 and 13 thus permitted to spring out into engagement with the inner side of the eyelet as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

1n engaging the retainer with the pin the latter is projected through the coil 7 and into engagement with the coils 12 on the spring arm 11, said arm being first depressed to bring the coils 12 in line with the coil 7. After the retainer has thus been engaged with the pin and adjusted to the desired position thereon the spring arm is released so that the pressure thereof will draw the coils 12 into tight frictional engagement with the pin and will also bind the pin against the inner sides of the coil 7 thereby holding the retainer in tight frictional engagement with the pin in the position to which the retainer has been adjusted on the pin. The retainer when thus placed upon the pin will be adjusted a sufficient distance from the point thereof so that when the point of the pin is in engagement with the strip 5 in the crown of the hat, the retainer will be in position to engage and grip the eyelet in the manner described so that thereafter when the pin is inserted in the hat until the retainer comes into engagement with the eyelet and the point of the pin in engagement with the strip 5, the inward movement of the pin will be stopped and the pin thus prevented from being projected through the opposite side of the crown of the hat as will be readily understood. The engagement of the retainer with the eyelet in the manner described will also prevent the casual disengagement of the pin from the hat so that the pin will not come out until the handles 9 and let of the retainer are brought together and the stop shoulders 8 and 13 thus retracted a sufiicient distance to permit their passage through the eyelet as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A hat pin retainer adapted to be inserted in an opening in the crown of a hat and comprising a pin receiving element adapted to pass through said opening in the hat, a stop at one end of said element to engage one side of the hat, a yielding stop member carried by said element and adapted to spring into engagement with the opposite side of the wall of the hat, whereby the retainer will be held in position and means carried by said element and coacting therewith to grip the pin inserted in it and thereby retain the pin in said element.

2. In a hat pin retainer, an eyelet adapted to be secured in the crown of a hat, a retaining member comprising a pin receiving element adapted to be engaged with the pin, a stop arranged at one end of said pin receiving element and to engage the outer side of said eyelet when the pin is inserted therethrough, yielding stop members carried by said pin receiving element and adapted to spring into engagement with the inner side of the eyelet when the pin is inserted therethrough whereby the pin is held against lateral movement in either direction, and.

means carried by said pin receiving element and co-acting therewith to grip the pin and thereby firmly secure said element in position on the pin.

3. A hat pin retainer comprising an eyelet adapted to be secured in one side of a hat crown, a pin retaining member formed from a piece of spring wire bent to form a pin receiving coil having at one end a laterally projecting stop loop adapted to be engaged with the outer side of said eyelet when the pin and coil are inserted therethrough, a spring arm formed on one end of the wire and having therein an offset shoulder to engage the inner side of the eyelet, a pin gripping member comprising coils formed in the other end of the wire and adapted to be sprung into alinement with the pin receiving coil and to receive and grip the pin when inserted through the latter thereby holding the retainer in its adjusted position on the pin, a spring arm bent from the wire after forming said gripping coils, said arm having an ofiset shoulder also adapted to engage the inner side of the eyelet, said eyelet engaging shoulders co-acting with said stop loop to hold the retaining member in engagement with the eyelet and the pin in position in the crown of the hat, and handles formed on the outwardly projecting extremities of the ends of the wire to retract said stop shoulders whereby the retaining member and pin may be disengaged from the eyelet in the hat 4. A hat pin retainer comprising a pin receiving coil to enter an opening in the crown of a hat, means connected with said coil to engage the opposite sides of the wall of a hat crown to retain said coil in position, a pin gripping coil movable into and out of longitudinal alinement with the pin receiving coil, and a spring arm connecting said coils.

5. A hat pin retainer comprising a pin receiving element, a pin locking element adapted to receive the pin and to be moved into and out of longitudinal alinement with said pin receiving element, means connecting said elements for movement with respect to each other and holding them normally out of alinement, a stop carried by said pin receiving element, a removable catch carried by the pin receiving element and spaced from said stop whereby the latter and the catch are adapted to detachably fasten the device to a supporting structure.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BOLAND.

Witnesses:

P. C. Ross, W. P. COPELAND.

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